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When will Home Depot hire security guards to protect shoplifters?
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<blockquote data-quote="Chuckie" data-source="post: 4097596" data-attributes="member: 42584"><p>Problem is with having <strong>private </strong>security guards is that they do not have the powers of arrest. Being that they only have the same 'authority' as any other citizen the best they can do is try to go for a <strong>citizen arrest</strong> which opens them up for charges being brought against them for 'illegal detention' (handcuffing) or 'assault' (tackling someone). That's why companies serious about this stuff have to hire off-duty cops, which is very expensive.</p><p></p><p>Only place I've ever seen an exception to this was in Las Vegas where casino security staff is afforded SOME leeway by local law enforcement (Metro PD) when it comes to things like apprehension and detentions of someone violating casino security rules, and then ONLY while on casino property. PD still has to be called for either 'trespass' or to make an arrest.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chuckie, post: 4097596, member: 42584"] Problem is with having [B]private [/B]security guards is that they do not have the powers of arrest. Being that they only have the same 'authority' as any other citizen the best they can do is try to go for a [B]citizen arrest[/B] which opens them up for charges being brought against them for 'illegal detention' (handcuffing) or 'assault' (tackling someone). That's why companies serious about this stuff have to hire off-duty cops, which is very expensive. Only place I've ever seen an exception to this was in Las Vegas where casino security staff is afforded SOME leeway by local law enforcement (Metro PD) when it comes to things like apprehension and detentions of someone violating casino security rules, and then ONLY while on casino property. PD still has to be called for either 'trespass' or to make an arrest. [/QUOTE]
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